as in hood
a hard covering that is worn to protect your head
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Recent Examples of helmet
The student was wearing a helmet, Rozsa said.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
And shouldn’t one be required to wear a helmet when riding a scooter?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
They've been studied and used for everything from safer football helmets, to headphone drivers, to smart bandages.
—New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2026
Neupane fed his friend bits of snow to rehydrate while chunks of hard ice from high on the mountain tumbled down and pelted their backs and helmets.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
And shouldn’t one be required to wear a helmet when riding a scooter?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
They've been studied and used for everything from safer football helmets, to headphone drivers, to smart bandages.
—New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2026
Neupane fed his friend bits of snow to rehydrate while chunks of hard ice from high on the mountain tumbled down and pelted their backs and helmets.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmet
Noun
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Hybrid muscle meets luxury comfort Under the hood lies the technical centerpiece of this flagship model.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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Footage released by the department appeared to show Shaffer-Brockwell getting out of her vehicle, running toward the pregnant woman's car, jumping on the hood and then forcefully opening the driver's side door and allegedly hitting and punching the woman in the face.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Police said the thief was wearing a skullcap and a black hooded sweat shirt.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The collection includes fabrics and objects that had served daily domestic functions and rare ritual ones: shrine covers and skullcaps, costumes and carpets.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Each table also has a plate of pickled shallots with Scotch bonnet peppers, inspired by another of their grandmother’s recipes.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Folks in the South will recognize ingredients like oxtails and butter beans, which are combined with Jamaican green seasoning, Scotch bonnet, and allspice in Fowles's recipe.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Every failure of the state now stains the turban as well as the uniform.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Bertinelli, at 65 and perennially adorable in a beret, glasses and comfy striped sweater, is chatting from her bedroom, sipping from a mug and sharing unvarnished insights about love, self-acceptance and moving beyond traumas that might otherwise define us.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Atletico will transport their fans to 1930s Birmingham with a Garrison Tavern at the stadium — where the Shelby family meet in the show — a barbershop inspired by that period and flatcap-wearing actors distributing newspapers and berets to fans.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The ornamentation found on the beaks and tops of heads of hornbills are a structure similar to the casque on the cassowary, a bird species found in New Guinea and Australia.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
13 Nov. 2025
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The iguanas are known for their distinctive casque (helmet-like crest) and long, thin limbs.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Custom clothing designers and artists pay homage to it in hats, shirts and artwork.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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An immigration judge has denied the asylum claim of the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old boy photographed in a bunny hat and Spider-Man backpack as he was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown that shook Minneapolis earlier this year, a family lawyer said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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That’s what lawmakers grappled with Monday when a local conservative provocateur came to testify on an immigration bill wearing brownface and a sombrero and speaking Spanish.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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This deepfake video is the latest shared by the administration that has drawn criticism, after an artificial video of Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office (which never happened) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Helmet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmet. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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